Runions Creek Cemetery - Rockingham County, Virginia - Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical Society

Cemetery	Runions Creek Cemetery
Location	Brocks Gap/Runion Creek area, Rockingham County, Virginia. From Harrisonburg, Virginia, take Route 42 North to Broadway. In Broadway turn left on Route 259 (Brocks Gap Road). Go to Route 610 (Runions Creek Road) and turn right. Go about 4.5 miles and turn left onto a dirt road which is across Route 610 from the old Tunis Church and School.
Notes	The cemetery is partial fenced and kept mowed. There are many unknown markers and stone markers for unidentified burials. Many unknowns buried here. Facing the headstones, the cemetery is recorded from the top to the bottom (west to east) and from left to right (south to north).
Survey Date and Recorder	22 Jun 2007 Bob & Lois Emswiler

Cemetery Index

Surname Index

Surnames are sorted by section / plot / row / grave - only sections and rows are shown

Row	Surname	Given Name & MI	Birth Date	Death Date	Headstone Notes	Remarks
	A.	T. F.	26 Jan 1929	11 Mar 1930		No visible marker-recorded by J. Robert Swank in 1976
001	Delawder	Marvin C.	21 Jun 1938	5 May 1985
001	Delawder	Peggy J.	24 Oct 1939
001	Delawder	Alan E. "Jim"	20 Mar 1962	25 Jan 2004
002	Brown	Thomas William	13 May 1966	23 Sep 2003	We love you always-Tonya, Brittany & Brianna
002	Brown	Luther E. (Luke)	14 Jul 1968	15 Jan 1987	Love you always by Lysa
003	Delawder	Corney L. "J R"	11 Oct 1971	8 Jun 1989
003	Custer, Jr.	J. Raymond	1929	1989
003	Custer	Willie Edward	13 Nov 1895	8 Mar 1990	Pvt U.S. Army WWI
003	Lam	Berlin	1919	1993		Grandle Funeral Home marker only
003	Sievers	Nannie V.	1928	1992		Grandle Funeral Home marker only
003	Fitzwater	Leonard W.	1935	1994		Grandle Funeral Home marker only
003	Ford	Henry Franklin	4 Aug 1918	9 Feb 1995
003	Barb	Emma Runion	7 Jul 1920	24 Apr 2001
004	Orebaugh	Gary D.	5 Sep 1951
004	Orebaugh	Ressie A.	5 Jun 1949	20 Mar 2004
004	Runion	Sally L.	20 Aug 1953	10 Dec 1997	SP4 U.S. Army; Wed 26 Feb 1985	Military marker shows Sally Lisa Runion
004	Runion	Laney E.	23 May 1922	18 Nov 1996	Sgt U.S. Army WWII; m/14 Dec 1946
004	Runion	E. Genevieve	1 Oct 1931	20 Feb 1999	Our children-Laney J., Karen, Ronnie	w/Laney E. Runion
005	Kohne	Geraldine	3 Aug 1931	16 Jul 1996
005	Kohne	Wilbur F.	28 Feb 1925	26 Oct 1998
006	Mathias	W. H.	15 Nov 1858	21 Oct 1933
006	Lam	Raleigh A.	5 Oct 1880	19 May 1952
006	Lam	Louise J.	19 Jan 1885	3 Apr 1968
006	Whetzel	Bessie R.	28 Nov 1917	28 Jan 1979	Loving memory of our Mom & Grandma
006	Whetzel	Archie A.	1920	1983		Grandle Funeral Home marker only
007	Tusing	Ivan H.	29 Nov 1910	8 Aug 1988	Wed 16 Feb 1931
007	Tusing	Daisy V.	13 Jun 1913	18 Jul 1986		w/Ivan H.
007	Custer	Elizabeth	26 Mar 1872	27 Jan 1943
007	Custer	Nancy Fay	9 Nov 1946	10 Nov 1946	d/P.F. & M.I.
007	Unknown					Illegible Funeral Home marker only
007	Unknown					Illegible Funeral Home marker only
007	Unknown					Illegible Funeral Home marker only
007	Custer	Thomas A.			Age 3 mos	Illegible Funeral Home marker only
007	Runion	Russell R.	21 Aug 1905	8 Feb 1924
007	Runion	Calvin	9 Aug 1875	8 Mar 1934
007	Runion	Eldon Lee	20 Nov 1944	20 Nov 1944
007	Hawse	Mary Katherine		14 Jun 1941	Asleep in Jesus
008	Stroop	Lucy M.	13 Oct 1908	3 Dec 1914	d/S. A. & Ida C.
008	Stroop	Sidney A.	20 Aug 1871	27 Apr 1939
008	Stroop	Ida C.	1 Mar 1877	16 Jul 1939
008	Eaton	Samuel	9 Dec 1847	23 Sep 1927
008	Eaton	Susan	3 Oct 1849	15 Dec 1922
008	Wean	Bertha S.	28 Jul 1901	21 Jun 1971
008	Unknown					Illegible Funeral Homer marker only
008	Unknown					Illegible Funeral Homer marker only
008	Silveus	Noah	17 Mar 1847	23 Jan 1901
008	Silveus	Hannah E.	12 Jul 1853	25 Feb 1921
008	Silveus	Clarence R.	8 May 1892	4 Dec 1904
009	Unknown					Unknown marker
009	Unknown					Stone-no markings
009	Custer	Harvey W.	28 Aug 1856	29 Apr 1933
009	Custer	Maggie B.	11 Jun 1869	10 Aug 1950
009	Runion	Olin C.	18 Feb 1904	27 Feb 1904	s/Mr. & Mrs. Nathan C.
009	Runion	Infant Son			s/A. F. & Edith J.
009	Runion	Infant Son			s/A. F. & Susan E.
009	Runion	Edith J.	15 Feb 1856	28 Sep 1927	w/Abram F.	2nd w/Abram F.
009	Runion	Abram F.	9 Sep 1848	30 Sep 1920	Aged 57y 21d
009	Runion	Susan E.	5 Dec 1845	21 Oct 1883	Aged 37y ?m 16d; w/Abram	1st w/Abram F.
009	Runion	D. F.	25 Jan 1872	21 Nov 1932
009	Runion	Julie M.	8 Jan 1889	20 Sep 1958
009	Runion	Richard D.	17 Jan 1894	27 Jun 1984
010	Tusing	Henry A.	17 Aug 1876	19 Feb 1948	Father
010	Tusing	Beulah V.	28 Apr 1899	8 Oct 1959	Mother	w/Henry A.
010	Runion	Amus B.	1864	1952		Grandle Funeral Home marker only
010	Runion	Bertie A.	1875	1952		No visible marker-recorded by J. Robert Swank in 1967
010	Runion	Anderson	14 Dec 1857	24 Jul 1927	Father
010	Runion	Margaret J.	19 Aug 1858	11 Jan 1943	Mother	w/Anderson
010	Runion	Sallie	1816	1891	His Wife	w/Anderson
010	Runion	Anderson	1810	1878
010	Runion	Amanda	1843	1850		d/Anderson & Sallie
010	Runion	Matilda Miller	1829	1861	1/st w/Silas
010	Runion	Silas	2 Apr 1847	18 Jun 1926
011	Custer	Timothy	8 Dec 1901	8 Mar 1968
011	Custer	Joshua	16 Mar 1862	16 Oct 1927
011	Runion	Shirley	1920			Illegible Funeral Home marker only
011	Runion	Viola	1920			Illegible Funeral Home marker only
011	Andes	David		22 Jun 1884	Age 1m 22d; s/?
012	Sprinkle	Zula C.	23 Feb 1905	3 Jul 1913
012	Sprinkle	Lottie S.	13 Sep 1883	17 Jun 1948		w/Frank
012	Sprinkle	Frank	20 Oct 1875	4 Jul 1956
012	Runion	Noah J.	18 Aug 1849	11 Dec 1926
012	Runion	Rhuemma	16 Dec 1853	17 May 1918		w/Noah
012	Runion	Dianah	14 Aug 1835	16 May 1915	w/Christian
012	Runion	Christian	18 Apr 1829	12 Jan 1909
012	Runion	John C.	16 Nov 1866	29 Aug 1900
012	Runion	Samuel	28 Jul 1839	Jun 1885
012	Ford	John	1824	1906
012	Ford	Samson	1874	1943
012	Ford	Jane	1831	1926		w/John
013	Delawder	Ernest F.	17 Mar 1900	5 Nov 1963
013	Whetzel	Gola Delawder	19 May 1900	11 Jul 1989
013	Ritchie	John C.	3 Feb 1875	29 Oct 1963
013	Ritchie	Effie J.	22 Mar 1880	4 Sep 1949	w/John C.
013	Ritchie	Ruth A.	11 Jan 1902	29 Aug 1902	d/J.C. & E.J.
013	Ritchie	Nathan C.	8 Mar 1851	30 Dec 1929	Aged 78y 9m 22d
013	Ritchie	Lydia E.	20 Apr 1852	13 Nov 1897	Aged 45y 6m 23d; w/Nathan C.
013	Smith	Mary	15 Mar 1812	7 Dec 1887	Aged 75y 8m 22d; w/Henry
013	Smith	Henry	18 Nov 1794	3 Nov 1884	Aged 89y 11m 15d; Was A Soldier of the War of 1812
013	Fadeley	Robert F.	1902	1938		Cannot read-marker face down on the ground
014	Runion	Mamie E.	18 Feb 1897	15 Mar 1899
014	Runion	Mary	Dec 1835	29 Jul 1914	Aged 78y 7m
015	Tusing	David	23 Oct 1833	10 Jan 1902
015	Tusing	Sarah	26 Dec 1835	17 Feb 1933	Mother
015	Runion	Lydia E.	18 Feb 1864	21 Sep 1912	Aged 48y 7m 23d; w/William
015	Runion	Infant	25 Jan 1903	30 Jan 1903	Aged 5 days; ch/Wm. & Lydia
015	Runion	Infant	1 Jan 1900	4 Jan 1900	Aged 3 days; d/Wm. & Lydia
015	Runion	Turner A.	15 Jun 1884	21 Sep 1885	s/Wm. & Lydia
015	Runion	Infant	15 Jun 1883		s/Wm. & Lydia
015	Runion	William Henry	12 Jul 1908	19 Oct 1910	s/J. H. & Bessie
016	Frank	Leonard	11 Apr 1890	14 Feb ?		No visible marker-recorded by J. Robert Swank in 1967
016	Tusing	Susan C.	1859	1933
016	Tusing	Romanus	1858	1900
016	Tusing	Laura	1891	1893	d/R.S. & Susan
016	Estep	Amos	3 Mar 1845	22 Jun 1923
016	Estep	Hettie F.	9 Sep 1856	26 Nov 1908	Aged 52y 2m 17d; w/Amos
016	Estep	Elmer S.	17 Nov 1888	10 Nov 1895	s/A. & H.
016	Estep	Children	18 Mar 1877	18 Mar 1877	ch/Amos & Hettie
017	Lantz	John H.	6 Jun 1866	29 Sep 1939
017	Lantz	Clarence	1 Mar 1920	Sep 1920
017	Lantz	Darcus E.	27 Jan 1877	4 Mar 1920
017	Lantz	Bessie V.	13 Dec 1897	7 Nov 1917	Aged 18y 10m 14d
017	Lantz	Oscar S.	15 May 1900	Aug 1910
017	Runion	Amos M.	13 Sep 1869	31 Jan 1953
017	Runion	Elizabeth	5 Nov 1875	10 May 1942	w/Amos	Partially illegible-recorded by J. Robert Swank in 1967
017	Runion	Thomas S.	1908	1986		Grandle Funeral Home marker only
018	Estep	Fleta P.	2 Nov 1907	5 Dec 1915	Aged 8y 9m 3d; d/E. A. & R. B.
018	Estep	Orville David	22 Apr 1909	27 Dec 1925
018	Estep	Eligah A.	22 Nov 1871	9 Jan 1952	Father
018	Estep	Rosa B.	18 Apr 1874	9 May 1964	Mother	w/Eligah

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